No way is that possible.

Photoshopped.

Ocado do a cracking job FME. I think we pay £7/month for ‘free’ delivery on any order over £40.

Occasionally have an item out of stock or replaced, but drivers are polite and decent, plus the food is generally very sound. No need to spend a fortune because Ocado and Waitrose Essentials are pretty good VFM.

I reckon you could pay a penny or two more in a service station down here in Surrey.

I ordered something last Thursday, got shipment notification on Monday and had it arrive Tuesday. Disappointed seeing they were usually NBD until recently.

I find Stanmer is far more technical, and faster.

Yep, I hear quite good things about Stanmer (and Friston). Just need to make the time to get down there.

Truleigh YH.

Nope.

Series One was ****’ dull.

Use Skype a lot and certainly find it less stable over the last year or so.

How about checking out Digital Samba? We’re trialling at the mo.

How about speaking to Windwave?

Humvees inner not up to much wear n tear. Outer takes a lot of beating but when the seam goes, you’ll be forever stitching it back.

Finder is still absolutely shockingly shit. Tries to be too minimal and ends up removing functionality.

* owner of MBP and Mini *

Yep.

I can be a right grumpy fecker if I don’t get out enough. 12 days and counting right now (because of mechanicals) and I’m proper peed of 🙁

Been using 2.0 Big Apples for about 18 months now and they’re great. Quick n grippy on the road and surprisingly hard on the rough stuff; including loads of rooty/rocky bits around North/South Downs. Sure, you have to adjust (sometimes constantly) your line especially on the quicker DH or slippy stuff but what else would you expect?

Naturally don’t offer the all-round grip and durability that you need in a proper knobbly, but they’re shifty and perfick for combing road with BW/singletrack.

Are you not the AWESOME Surf Matt?

I don’t care what people class as ‘proper mountain biking’ or ordinary riding. It’s all subjective anyway. So my tuppence is:

– as a teenager I was a roadie and loved spending all day on the bike with mates. Getting in 100+ milers while taking in the scenery (North Downs > Kent > South Downs> Hants) was pretty much what it was about.
– then I started MTBing and spent 7-8 years doing non-stop techie stuff and trail centres. Loved it.
– suddenly reverted to my roadie roots by taking the MTB on all-dayers, mainly roads, BWs and the odd bit of singletrack to link thinks up.
– and now I’m mixing it up, going wherever I want and doing whatever I want.

I think the upshot for me is that I’ve found a way to merge all my road knowledge (routes etc) from my younger days with tons of techie/BW/singletrack stuff and can therefore link up whatever I fancy. Hence just being out there is IMO what counts.

As my missus said to me earlier this year “I know your bike is a Specialized but when I saw it in the shed just now I thought it said Spiritualised.” To which I replied “One and the same 🙂 ”

Out for pizza late afternoon then beers after.

Home made pizza.

When done right, tis the best food in the world.

Wrong thread scu98rkr – methinks you should be posting here.

The couple I’ve seen don’t allow the saddle to drop as much as it would if the dropper wasn’t there. So if an extra couple of inches is important on those drops/roll-ins then I’d avoid, especially if it means spending £200. I really cannot see how that can be justified.

Amen.

Unfortunately don’t see this thread surviving much longer than the previous one.

Do a forum search and ye will find loads of posts extolling the virtues of where to live in Surrey (and thus be near the North Downs and Surrey Hills + 30-60 mins from Victoria).

Apparently whilst talking to local bike shops the BBC reporter mentioned the police investigation

I’d love to be a fly on the wall if/when they speak to Simon at Nirvana. My bet is that he’d either 1) say he knows nothing, 2) tell them to FRO or 3) send them on a wild goose chase in the dingly dell that is the Surrey Hills.

Any truth in the rumour that the Police have been up on Ranmore showing YouTube clips to riders asking them to identify people in the clips seen riding the now destroyed trails? Rumour also says they’re looking to prosecute someone!!!

I guess the old Bill can justify traipsing around the woods in search of riders and trail-builders instead of catching hardened perps on the mean streets of Dorking.

Who are Williams? Are they affiliated to Nirvana Cycles?

I believe the bloke who set up Williams is an old customer of their’s, hence them maintaining contact.

Was that shot with an Go Pro HD?

One opening up in/near Chester according the outlaws. At least we’ll (now) be able to eat well next time we stay 🙂

Don’t forget Eto recently signed for the Man City of Russia: Anzhi Makhachkala for something like £330k/week. Not a bad way to spend your twilight years (if getting paid shit loads for being a mercenary is your thang).

Chose Northern Rock for ours. Originally set up with Santander who were completely incompetent. NR the complete opposite.

Me likey, especially at 2:37 🙂

Yep, shouldn’t have any probs. My 64bit W7 machine has both 32bit and 64bit IE – can’t remember which I default to but it works fine. Having said that, I hate IE and use Chrome – which has the occasional Shockwave bug but other than that works fine.

That footpath is completely dull anyway. All is does it blend the ‘new’ finish with the ‘old, i.e pootle along for a few yards then drop onto the road.

Heard years ago that there was a trail leading above the houses. Never really looked and never found anything. Might have been an extension of the chicken run from the ‘old’ trail?

apart from the coach party who passed us walking up Yoghurt Pots just a couple of secs after I’d crashed.

Years ago, I remember watching a mate crash into the first really swampy bit (bottom of the first rooty section) as the result of a German Shepherd leaping out in front. Oh how we all laughed because he stank like a shit pit for the remainder of the ride.

Leftovers from last night’s homemade lasagne. Friends couldn’t make it in the end so we have loads for today and tomorrow 🙂 And homemade Dorset apple cake too.

**** hell Elf, you have a sensitive side. +1 mate.

So you guys are saying a 9-11yr old could ride 35 miles on a bike? Doesn’t seem feasible to me, but I don’t know any 9yr olds.

Bridge Inn at Copsale. Has been a shit-hole for years that place. Used to have lock-ins, 1am fry-ups and various New Years parties there. Had many a good time. Rotties were fun too. Plenty of potential as a country pub but never really delivered sadly.

Depends how much you want to get into it. Plenty of themes available; free and £20-£40. Plus hosting if you want to a bit more indie.

England to be 10-15 pts up by half time … Scots to capitulate and end up getting hammered 40-6 🙂

I’m not just talking about the Tarquins of this world … more a case of parents that ride little or not at all and have no idea these kinds of jumps/gaps/drops etc even exist.

@Hora/Gotama: I guess some parents might want to go after someone if it was their 12yr old who had the accident.

Sure, we might see ourselves as responsible adults willing to take the hit (no pun intended) if we have a bad off. But a parent might see it differently.

What happens if someone has a proper bad accident, e.g life changing or even death, on an ‘illegal’ trail on land owned by Mr X? Anyone they can sue? Anyone liable? Or just the fault of the rider?

Was up there last night to have a look around. Absolutely none of the trails are still rideable top to bottom. Logging work going on everywhere – looks like a battle field.

You referring to the trashed area linking bottom of WOM with the proper start of MA?